Man of the Outback

From Blake Pierce, bestselling author of ONCE GONE (a #1 bestseller with over 900 five star reviews), comes BEFORE HE PREYS, book #9 in the heart-pounding Mackenzie White mystery series.FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White finds herself stumped. Victims are turning up dead, unrecognizable, their bodies hurled from the highest of heights. A deranged serial killer, obsessed with heights, is killing his victims from the highest locations. The pattern seems random.But is it?Only by entering into the darkest canals of the killer's mind can Mackenzie begin to understand what his motive is—and where he will strike next. In a deadly chase of cat and mouse, Mackenzie drives herself to the brink to stop him—but even then, it may be too late.A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, BEFORE HE PREYS is book #9 in a riveting new series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

Fifteen-year-old Mari Pujols believes that the baby she's carrying will finally mean she' ll have a family member who will love her deeply and won't ever leave her—not like her mama, who took off when she was eight; or her papi, who's in jail; or her abuela, who wants as little to do with her as possible. But when doctors discover a potentially fatal heart defect in the fetus, Mari faces choices she never could have imagined. Surrounded by her loyal girl crew, her off-and-on boyfriend, and a dedicated doctor, Mari navigates a decision that could emotionally cripple the bravest of women. But both Mari and the broken-hearted baby inside her are fighters; and it doesn't take long to discover that this sick baby has the strength to heal an entire family. Inspired by true events, this gorgeous debut has been called “heartfelt, heartbreaking and—yes!—even a little heart-healing, too by bestselling YA novelist Carolyn Mackler.

The eight tales in this collection by Nancy Etchemendy weave great suspense with interesting plots and unusual characters. "Lunch at Etienne's" is a story narrated by a woman who is surrounded by death but doesn't seem to realize it. "Cat in Glass" is about a mysterious, malevolent sculpted cat that commits gruesome murders and is told from the point of view of the sculpture's frightened and bewildered owner. There is also "The Sailor's Bargain", a captivating story about an orphan whose haunting dreams lead to a stark revelation of another life, and "The Lily and the Weaver's Heart", in which a one-eyed Jacinth dares to take her place in a cruel world by risking a journey that is usually reserved for the most able-bodied men of the culture.

一场神秘的杀人案件，却是引出了十几年前的血案，如今那些光鲜外表下的人，在曾经那场血案之中，又扮演了怎么样的角色？当审判者出现在了都市之中，是否真正的黎明就会到来，我们是否能够熬过那黎明前的黑暗？

《趣谈中国近代题画诗》是此前出版的《中国题画诗发展史》的续编，即第六编“延展期——‘江头千树春欲暗，竹外一枝斜更好’”。所不同的是，它除适当保留前书的学术色彩外，又新写了许多与题画诗相关的故事。这些故事，情节较为曲折、生动，或使人唏嘘不已，或令人回肠荡气，平添了几分趣味。本书的特点是将理论阐释寓于故事情节之中，将题画诗发展规律的探讨融于名篇佳作的赏析之中，既引人入胜，又启人深思，既可作一般文学爱好者的通俗读物，又可作有志于学习题画诗创作者的参考教材。

《快乐生活点点通》是一本居家过日子不可或缺的生活宝典，其中涉及了养生、饮食、社交、休闲、理财、时尚等生活内容，小到一针一线，大到购房买车、家居装饰。

实行集体领导和个人分工负责相结合，是民主集中制在党的组织工作和领导活动中的具体运用和体现。集体领导做出的决策是个人分工负责的方向、目标，个人分工负责的具体实施是实现集体领导意志的必然途径。

蛮荒骷髅震天舒醒，一时间九州震惊；第一凶地天墓山，到底埋葬过多少英雄豪杰，埋葬过多少惊天巨神，却阻挡不了叶千锋的醒来；神陨山，神陨之地，却成了叶千锋的后花园；洪荒异种出世，天下皆惊，却尽数归于叶千锋；修者之路，弱肉强食，成神之路，难难难，谈笑间，叶千锋却成就了亘古天地间第一兽神！

本书为国务院研究室原主任魏礼群先生三十多年来为著作撰写的序言合集，共74篇。著作内容涉及广泛，既有论述经济建设、社会建设，也有论述政治建设、文化建设；既有专著论发展，也有专著论改革；既有探索学术理论的著作，也有建言献策的智库之声。因此序言是对这些著作来说，既是提纲挈领、画龙点睛的阐释，也能起到导读的作用。结集出版这些序言，对作者而言是回首往事和重新学习的过程；对广大读者而言是迅速了解研究著作内容的权威解读，因此，该书的出版能够具有广泛的社会需求，也具有较大的理论价值。

阿舍，女，原名杨咏，维吾尔族，1971年生，新疆尉犁人，西北第二民族学院毕业。银川文学院签约作家。出版长篇历史小说《乌孙》。散文《小席走了》获2004年第五届“PSI—新语丝”网络文学一等奖；散文《山鬼》获2011年《民族文学》年度奖。

《美食天下（第1辑）：糖尿病食物交换份速查·糖尿病饮食疗法必备工具》主要讲解糖尿病患者的饮食调控帮手——食物交换份，以及常用的食物交换份表。并根据糖尿病患者的每日饮食热量要求，给出特定的热量套餐，根据200~1000千卡热量不等的几个档次，推荐各种美味早、中、晚餐套餐，供糖尿病患者随意搭配选择，控制整体热量的同时，享受美食生活。

关东军，一个臭名昭著的名字。在“九一八”冒险军事行动中，这支部队吃尽了甜头，也由此被视作日本陆军的精锐，所谓“皇军之花”。但是在二战前夕，关东军在与苏联红军的战役对决中，却暴露了自身的严重缺陷，乃至到二战后期被苏联红军犁庭扫穴完全击溃。而苏联红军和关东军的对决，也深刻影响了二战的走向。本书首次将关东军与苏联红军的历次战役进行了全景式描写，对双方战役指挥、指挥官及士兵素质、情报运用、武器配置及国家层面的战略部署等方面进行了深入的解读和对比，将人们真实带入那硝烟弥漫的二战战场。

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